What could a $10,000 grant from DNR do for trees in your community?

Thanks to the U.S. Forest Service, DNR has grant funding that can help build your community forestry project. What could you do with $10,000?

Pierce County developed a campaign called ‘Trees are Amazing’ and it is over the top! Tree top, that is. It encourages proper tree planting and care that is easy and rewarding. And now they’re displaying tree banners on buses.

Thanks to a $10,000 grant through DNR’s Community Forestry Assistance Program, these banners will catch your eye and make you think about the importance of trees. Visit the Tacoma and Puyallup areas to see the new Pierce Transit bus banners that inspire and remind us of all the boundless things trees do for us.

Another great example of a project came from DNR’s grant to the Hands On Children’s Museum in Olympia. After receiving a $10,000 community forestry grant, they created an outdoor classroom for children called the Naturalist Cabin.

This is a new outdoor classroom called the Naturalist Cabin at Hands On Children’s Museum

This cabin directly connects children with nature by providing a stimulating, open-ended learning environment. It’s designed to encourage young children to care for and learn in nature, to teach them how to be better observers, to increase understanding about the importance of trees, plants and water in the urban environment, and to raise awareness among families and school groups about the importance of outdoor play.

Another important goal of the Naturalist Cabin is to increase understanding about the important role trees play in storm water management and in keeping Puget Sound clean.